Bit by a dog.

Did you call animal control and report the pack?

Hope you heal up quickly!

Oh wow, that sucks, so sorry. I worry about just such a thing on rides and especially runs, hope you heal fast.... and totally report the owners. From now on you should carry mace, I have one on my bike and one for the run, better safe than sorry.

Patsy

I'm not against people firing pepper spray or mace at a charging dog, I just can't figure out how the heck you have TIME on your bike....typically if I am chased by a dog when I'm on my bike they are on me in under two seconds...just about long enough for me to start sprinting.  And no WAY would I try to reach for and then aim pepper spray while I'm sprinting.

Please, someone that has actually done this tell me how you managed it!

The OP, really sorry you got bit.  I had a pretty close call a few weeks ago.  The dogs ran in front of my bike first which forced me to slow down for a nanosecond and let one of the dogs get on my right side.  I just yelled at it and pedaled for all I was worth...thankfully it seemed like he was more interested in chasing and barking than taking a chunk out of me.  Needless to say I won't be going that way again!

I had a similar situation a  couple of weeks ago. Chased by a pack of 6 farm dogs. I was surrounded on all sides and behind - freaking scary stuff. Thankfully I was not bit. I kept yelling at them to get and they would bark back at me. Then I spoke in my sugar sweet your a good doggie voice and the lead dog stopped. The rest followed him.

So how did you get away from them after they bit you? I take it you didn't fall down or anything? So sorry this happened and right before your race. Sending you some healing vibes for a quick recovery.

If I was in your shoes, I would at LEAST report it to the owner.

What if you were a kid and the dog had bitten a child.  If the owner is aware of it now, maybe they can do something to prevent it.

I own 2 dogs and I would want to at least know what my dogs have done to someone to prevent something worse from happening.

Glad to hear that you didn't have too bad of an injury.

I am really sorry this happened to you! Scary, and what a bummer on your last long ride.

1) Healing {{MELON PRESS}}

2) Have a blast at Nawlins. That's what it's all about. You're likely prepared fine so just go have fun!

3) Super job for not letting this get to you.

4) Please do call some kind of authority and report this. You have been assaulted and injured. That really is how serious this is, and it should be reported for all the many reasons any kind of attack and crime should be reported. It's not your responsibility to muddle over or assign blame or consequences. Leave that to public servants.

You should report this to animal control.  In the jurisdiction where I live, if an animal draws blood that animal is impounded for five days, unless the owner can show proof of a current rabies vaccine.  These dogs may have attacked others and if reported it give the authorities the legal leverage to deal with the owner.

My dog and I were attacted by two American Bull Dogs last summer while on a run ( in a very public park).  As a result I always run/ride with a spay can of Halt!.  Many bike and running stores carry it, same stuff letter carriers use.

Yes seriously.  In the end when you report it to the AC, it's not the owner that suffers but the dog.

I would drive there after my ride and have a really stern chat with the owner and give him an ultimatum before I reported it to any authority.  If he truly loves his animals, he'll do something about it.  If he tells me to go f*** myself, then I'd report him.

i ran with halt for quite awhile, until the day a dog came charging at me, i drew, aimed, and .... nothing, it didn't spray, just dribbled out. The dog retreated cause i think he knew something was up, luckily. if i get something else it will be a quality mace not halt. 

I had to report when my own dog bit me, even though it was not an attack.  But trip to hospital means automatic reporting.  Reporting a dog bite/attack does not equal them putting the dogs down.  It does mean that authorities will talk to the owners though, possibly fine them, and get it on record that it happened.  Repeated offenses are what gets a dog put down.  So, if the owner ignores you (most likely) and you never reported it the next offense is probably not going to fix anything.  And the 3rd person really thanks you for not following procedures cause you allowed it to never get reported and not properly dealt with.